"Lucille Ball–Desi Arnaz Center The Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum & Center for Comedy is a museum at 2 West 3rd Street, Jamestown, New York, dedicated to the lives and careers of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The museum officially opened in 1996 ""to preserve and celebrate the legacy of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and enrich the world through the healing powers of love and laughter"". Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown on August 6, 1911. The museum is located just minutes from Lucy's childhood homes in Celoron and Jamestown, and her final resting place in the family plot"
"other country in the world where ""a sixteen-year-old kid, broke and unable to speak the language"" could achieve the successes that he had. Arnaz and Lucille Ball were married on November 30, 1940. Their marriage was turbulent. Convinced that Arnaz was being unfaithful to her, and also because he came home drunk several times, Ball filed for divorce in September 1944, but returned to him before the interlocutory decree became final. Arnaz and Ball subsequently had two children, actress Lucie Arnaz (born 1951) and actor Desi Arnaz, Jr. (born 1953). Arnaz's marriage with Ball began to collapse under the strain"
"The Facts of Life (film) The Facts of Life is a 1960 romantic comedy starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball as married people who have an affair. Written, directed, and produced by the longtime Hope associates Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, it was more serious than many other contemporary Hope vehicles. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one for Costume Design (for Edith Head and Edward Stevenson). For her performance, Lucille Ball was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress – Comedy. The film features an opening animated title sequence created by Saul Bass. Thirteen years"
"John Crandall of Westerly, Rhode Island, and Edmund Rice, an early emigrant from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. When Lucille was three years old, her 27-year-old father died of typhoid fever. Henry Ball was a lineman for Bell Telephone Company and was frequently transferred. The family had moved from Jamestown to Anaconda, Montana, and later to Trenton, New Jersey. Her father contracted typhoid and died in February 1915 while DeDe Ball was pregnant with her second child, Frederick. Lucille Ball recalled little from the day her father died, but remembered a bird getting trapped in the house. From that"
"day after Desi's 43rd birthday (and one day after the filming of Lucy and Desi's last episode together), Ball filed papers in Santa Monica Superior Court, claiming married life with Desi was ""a nightmare"" and nothing at all as it appeared on ""I Love Lucy"". On May 4, 1960, just two months after filming that episode (the final episode of ""The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour""), the couple divorced. Until his death in 1986, however, Arnaz and Ball remained friends and often spoke very fondly of each other. Her real-life divorce indirectly found its way into her later television series, as she"
"Dawn Lake Dawn Alice Lake (20 January 19271 January 2006) was an Australian television comedian, singer, entertainer, and actor whose career spanned more than four decades. Bert Newton described her as ""our greatest comedienne - Australia's Lucille Ball"". She was particularly associated in show business with her husband Bobby Limb. Dawn Lake was born to a Balmain working-class family, the youngest of four children. She married entertainer Bobby Limb in 1953 and they had one daughter, Debbie, born in 1955. She was married to Limb for 46 years, though the marriage had its ups and downs, including a separation for"
"Since the term was coined, classic Hollywood couples have been regarded as supercouples, including Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. ""People"" magazine stated that Gable and Lombard were ""more than just Golden Age window dressing. The love they shared for six years was that Hollywood rarity: the real thing."" They were titled ""The King of Hollywood and the Queen of Screwball Comedy"", respectively, and eloped during a break in production on Gable's ""Gone with the Wind"" in 1939. Lombard died three years later in a plane crash on her way home from a war bond rally. Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball"
"(the Ricardos' next door neighbors). ""I Love Lucy"" and ""The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour"" concluded in the aftermath of Arnaz and Ball's real-life divorce in 1960, an incident that was not written into the script. Both characters remained married to each other at the end of the series' run. Lucille Ball would go on to perform Lucy Ricardo-inspired characters on her ensuing sitcoms: ""The Lucy Show"", ""Here's Lucy"", and the short-lived flop ""Life with Lucy"". In each series, the character Ball portrayed (each one named Lucy) was a widow or divorceé. In the mid-1960s, she was involved in a lawsuit against"
"Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, model, entertainment studio executive, and producer. She was the star of the self-produced sitcoms ""I Love Lucy"", ""The Lucy Show"", ""Here's Lucy"", and ""Life with Lucy"", as well as comedy television specials aired under the title ""The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour"". Ball's career began in 1929 when she landed work as a model. Shortly thereafter, she began her performing career on Broadway using the stage names Diane Belmont and Dianne Belmont. She later appeared in several minor film roles in the 1930s and 1940s"
"Mobil Limb Show"". ""You tell 'em, luv!"" was Ethel's catchcry, a line which was quickly adopted by Federal politicians during parliamentary Question Time. Dawn Lake Dawn Alice Lake (20 January 19271 January 2006) was an Australian television comedian, singer, entertainer, and actor whose career spanned more than four decades. Bert Newton described her as ""our greatest comedienne - Australia's Lucille Ball"". She was particularly associated in show business with her husband Bobby Limb. Dawn Lake was born to a Balmain working-class family, the youngest of four children. She married entertainer Bobby Limb in 1953 and they had one daughter, Debbie,"
"nights, so had not seen the beloved series ""I Love Lucy"". They were married on November 19, 1961 at the Marble Collegiate Church in New York City. Morton signed a prenuptial agreement to stifle rumors that he was a gold digger. Morton was 13 years younger than Lucille Ball. Morton became closely involved in the management of his wife's career, from the time of their marriage in 1961 throughout the remainder of her career. During Ball's solo years as the titular head of Desilu Productions, Morton and his brother-in-law, Fred Ball, served on the studio's board of directors in various"
"in real life Ball delivered her second child, Desi Jr., that same day in Los Angeles. The birth made the cover of the first issue of ""TV Guide"" for the week of April 3–9, 1953. In October 1956, Ball, Arnaz, Vance, and William Frawley all appeared on a Bob Hope special on NBC, including a spoof of ""I Love Lucy"", the only time all four stars were together on a color telecast. By the end of the 1950s, Desilu had become a large company, causing a good deal of stress for both Ball and Arnaz. On March 3, 1960, a"
"flower shop in New York City, she wrote fiction stories. She also frequently contributed to the local newspaper, The ""Ridgefield Press"", using the pseudonym, H. Loomis Fenstermacher. Kampen's first book, ""Life Without George"", was published by Doubleday in 1961 and was about her divorce. The book became the basis for ""The Lucy Show"", a television series that ran from 1962 to 1968 and starred Lucille Ball, who had also experienced divorce recently in her split with Desi Arnaz. (Producers re-wrote Ball's character, Lucille Carmichael, as a widow, however, Vivian Vance's character, Vivian Bagley, is portrayed as divorced.) Kampen lived in"
"The Ball company continued to prosper from their mass production of canning jars, known sometimes as ""Ball jars"". The company has subsequently expanded and diversified. By 1937, the value of the company was estimated at nearly $7 million. The Ball brothers' parents, Lucius Styles Ball (1814-1878), a farmer and merchant, and Maria Polly Bingham Ball (1822-1892), a former schoolteacher, were born in Canada. They met in Greensburg, Ohio, and married on September 1, 1846. Lucius and Maria had a total of eight children, six sons and two daughters: Lucina Amelia, Lucius Lorenzo, William Charles, Edmund Burke, Frank Clayton, Mary Frances,"
"Suzan Ball Suzan Ball (1934 - 1955) was an American actress. She was a second cousin of fellow actress Lucille Ball. She was married to actor Richard Long. She had her leg amputated in January 1954, as a result of both a tumour and an accident she had. She died at age 21 of cancer in 1955, after a two-year battle. Born in Jamestown, New York, Ball was the eldest daughter of Howard and Marleah Ball. Ball married Richard Long on April 4, 1954, at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara. Many celebrities attended including Jeff Chandler, Rock Hudson,"
"Marianne Stewart) bedridden with illness. Forced together, Kitty and Larry fall in love. Once the vacation is over, however, they have difficulties in either abandoning or continuing their romance. Won: Nominated: Nominated: The Facts of Life (film) The Facts of Life is a 1960 romantic comedy starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball as married people who have an affair. Written, directed, and produced by the longtime Hope associates Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, it was more serious than many other contemporary Hope vehicles. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one for Costume Design (for Edith Head and"
"would portray Lucille Ball in ""Lucy and Desi"", written by Aaron Sorkin and produced by Ball's two children. Amazon Studios acquired the rights to the film in August 2017. In November 2015, it was reported that Blanchett was in talks to appear in the film adaptation of the best-selling book ""Where'd You Go, Bernadette"", which will be directed by Richard Linklater. Blanchett is married to playwright and screenwriter Andrew Upton. They met in 1996 on the set of a TV show and were married on 29 December 1997. Blanchett and Upton have four children: three sons and one adopted daughter."
"which likewise revitalized the career of Bea Arthur. ABC, looking to stage a similar resurgence for an old sitcom star and to boost Saturday night ratings, decided to try for the greatest sitcom star of all time—then 75-year-old four-time Emmy award winner and cultural icon Lucille Ball. TV production giant Aaron Spelling had been talking with Ball and her second husband Gary Morton since 1979 about possibly doing another series. Ball was hesitant, but was given complete control over the series. ABC offered Ball the writers from the huge hit ""M*A*S*H"", but Ball insisted on her longtime writers Bob Carroll"
"a new series, ""The Lucy Show"". The series starred Ball as Lucy Carmichael, a widow with two children living in Danfield, New York. Vance reluctantly agreed to be her co-star on the condition that she be allowed to appear in more glamorous clothes as well as having her character be named ""Vivian"". By this time in her life, Vance had grown tired of the public addressing her as ""Ethel"". She appeared on ""The Lucy Show"" from 1962 to 1965, as Vivian Bagley, a divorced mother of one son, sharing a house with Ball's character. The character was the first divorcee"
"written by Jess Oppenheimer's son, Gregg Oppenheimer, was recorded in front of a live audience for nationwide public radio broadcast and online distribution. Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, model, entertainment studio executive, and producer. She was the star of the self-produced sitcoms ""I Love Lucy"", ""The Lucy Show"", ""Here's Lucy"", and ""Life with Lucy"", as well as comedy television specials aired under the title ""The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour"". Ball's career began in 1929 when she landed work as a model. Shortly thereafter, she began her performing career on"
"married artist-turned-director Hugo Ballin in 1917, and they remained married until his death in 1956. She died in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. She was interred in Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica with her husband. https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=hugo+ballin+died&source=bl&ots=YxEJH2pTpd&sig=wvygqzdlE50niSVArMxJoZ-IvCo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitrdOikurXAhVri1QKHUW5DG44ChDoAQg3MAQ#v=onepage&q=hugo%20ballin%20died&f=false Mabel Ballin Mabel Ballin (January 1, 1887 – July 24, 1958) was an American motion-picture actress of the silent film era. Born Mabel Croft in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she originally studied painting. Her landscapes were noticed at an exhibition and led to an offer to appear in films. Ballin appeared in 28 films between 1917 and 1925. She achieved popularity during World War I."
"her sisters Ruth and Sydney. The family may have moved to Admiral Hughes' former residence on Portland Place in London after her father's death. Sometime later her mother remarried, to a man named Thomas Johnson. Her brother Edward, youngest of the family (ten years her junior), became the famously wealthy dandy and gambler known as ""The Golden Ball"". Her 1843 book ""Prism of Imagination"" is dedicated to """"E. H. Ball Hughes, Esq., by his much-attached and affectionate sister, (the Baroness) E. C. De Calabrella"""". On 9 July 1804, she married Rev. Francis Lee (c. 1768 – 1826), a chaplain to"
"In 1958, Lucille Sayles married Fred James Clifton, a professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo, and a sculptor whose carvings depicted African faces. Lucille and her husband had six children together, which included four daughters (Sidney, Fredrica, Gillian, and Alexia) and two sons (Channing and Graham). Lucille worked as a claims clerk in the New York State Division of Employment, Buffalo (1958–60), and as literature assistant in the Office of Education in Washington, D.C. (1960–71). Writer Ishmael Reed introduced Lucille to Clifton while he was organizing the Buffalo Community Drama Workshop. Fred and Lucille Clifton starred in the"
"Fred Ball Frederick Henry Ball (July 17, 1915 – February 5, 2007) was an American movie studio executive, and brother of Lucille Ball. Ball was born on July 17, 1915, to Henry Durrell Ball (September 25, 1887 – February 28, 1915) and Désirée ""Dede"" Evelyn Hunt (September 21, 1892 – July 20, 1977) in Jamestown, New York, U.S.A. He was named after his grandfather. He grew up in a Baptist family; his father was of Scottish descent and related to the first President of the United States, George Washington (whose mother was Mary Ball). His mother was of French, Irish"
"Roosevelt. In addition to political talk Putnam interviewed many people that he knew in show business including Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Peggy Lee, Doris Day, Charlton Heston, John Wayne, Desi Arnaz, Milton Berle and many others. He and Lucille Ball were very close friends, as evidenced by her yearly in-person appearance on ""Talk Back"" on or around his birthday. Downtown Los Angeles workers were thrilled and surprised to see Ball making the walk through the underground level of Arco Plaza to Putnam's studio, often with her husband Gary Morton and no security detail. The studio was enclosed in see-through glass"
"times. In 1977, Ball was among the first recipients of the Women in Film Crystal Award. She was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979, inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1984, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986, and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1989. Born at 69 Stewart Avenue, Jamestown, New York, Lucille Désirée Ball was the daughter of Henry Durrell Ball (1887–1915) and Désirée ""DeDe"" Evelyn Ball (née Hunt; 1892–1977). Her family lived in Wyandotte, Michigan for a time."
"Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, and David Janssen. In 1953, doctors diagnosed Ball with cancer when she developed tumours on her legs, forcing her to use crutches. Cancer forced doctors to amputate Ball's leg. She died in 1955, at the age of 21, at the City of Hope Hospital. She is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Suzan Ball Suzan Ball (1934 - 1955) was an American actress. She was a second cousin of fellow actress Lucille Ball. She was married to actor Richard Long. She had her leg amputated in January 1954, as a result of both"
"giving insight into his highs and lows in the footballing world. In April 2004, Ball appeared for Testwood Baptist Church in the Roger Frapwell Testimonial Match at the BAT ground, Totton, near Southampton, wearing the number 7 shirt as he did in the 1966 World Cup triumph. Also in that team were former Saints manager Dave Merrington and ex-Saints defender Francis Benali. The proceeds from the game were donated to local charity SCRATCH. As a family man, Ball struggled privately after his wife and daughter were both diagnosed with major illnesses. Lesley, who he married on 21 May 1967 at"
"offered a chance to take their characters to their own spin-off series. Frawley was willing, but Vance refused to ever work with Frawley again since the two did not get along. Frawley did appear once more with Lucille Ball — in an episode of ""The Lucy Show"" in 1965, which did not include Vance (who by then had ceased to be a regular on that show). However, this was his last screen appearance with his longtime friend. He died in Hollywood on March 3, 1966, of a heart attack at age 79. In 1962, Ball began a six-year run with"
"referee under the workmen's compensation act, and member of the advisory board for the army medical service. Ball died at his home at 24 Merrion Square, Dublin, on 17 March 1916. Ball married Annie Julia Kinahan on 23 July 1874, and the couple had three sons and four daughters. Sir Charles Arthur Kinahan Ball was the eldest, and went on to be surgeon at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital and regius professor of surgery at TCD, and succeeded his father as baronet. Their youngest son was Nigel Gresley Ball a botanist who succeeded his brother in the title in 1945. Ball"
"rapidly and died on 1 April 2005, at age 27, in Boston, Massachusetts from an infection. In his memory, Amelio's father established the Philip J. Amelio, II Scholarship Fund, offered to impoverished schoolchildren who reside in the Pine Plains Central School District and the Duanesburg Central School District to help them maintain their education. Philip Amelio Philip John Amelio II (3 November 1977 – 1 April 2005) was an American actor and teacher. At age nine, he played Lucille Ball's grandson on the ""Life With Lucy"" series. Philip was born in Sharon, Connecticut and grew up in nearby Pine Plains,"
"released several albums of music, most recently ""Out of This World – LIVE"". Purl has been married four times, all of which ended in divorce. Her first marriage was in 1980 to Desi Arnaz, Jr., son of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz; the couple divorced a year later, in 1981. From 1988 to 1992, she was married to screenwriter William Broyles Jr. In 1993, she married screenwriter and producer Alexander Cary, Master of Falkland, with whom she has a son, Lucius (b. 1995). She and Cary divorced in 1999. Lastly, she was married to James Vinson Adams from 2006 to"
"Forever, Darling Forever, Darling is a 1956 Eastman Color American romantic comedy film with fantasy overtones, starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, and James Mason, directed by Alexander Hall and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The original screenplay is by Helen Deutsch and focuses on a married couple whose troubled marriage is saved with the help of a guardian angel. After five years of marriage, chemical engineer Lorenzo Xavier Vega (Desi Arnaz) tends to neglect his wife Susan (Lucille Ball) in favor of his work. When she wishes aloud that she had a more attentive spouse, her Guardian Angel – coincidentally the mirror"